Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: NA-52
Corporate Name: Galloway and Garrison Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: C. C. Galloway Galloway & Garrison
Location: Cushing: highway 225 and Southern Pacific tracks
County: Nacogdoches
Years in Operation: 2 years
Start Year: 1906
End Year: 1907
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1906 to 1907
Town: Cushing
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Rough lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Steam
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 20000: 1906
Capacity Comments: 20,000 feet daily
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill and projected the installment of a planer.
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Texas and New Orleans (later Southern Pacific)
Historicial Development: American Lumberman reported that Galloway and Garrison Lumber Company had bought a mill with a daily capacity of 20,000 feet at Cushing in March 1906. It appeared in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907.
Research Date: MCJ 02-10-96
Prepared By: M Johnson